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Mommyblogger Vicki Murphy’s hilarious book of tell-it-like-it-is rants and musings, MotherFumbler, is getting so much attention in Atlantic Canada that the rest of the country wanted some of the action, too…

The creator of the multi-award nominated MotherBlogger.ca and a frequent contributor to the Huffington Post, Murphy released her first full-length book back in October — and we’re already well into our second printing!

(Hey, Canada! Want to get your hands on a copy? Check the list of store locations below.)

When Vicki Murphy brought her new baby home from the hospital, she expected to be greeted by fluttering butterflies and harp-strumming cherubs. You know: the way it is in diaper commercials and the “Yay, You’re Preggers!” books.
LIAR, LIAR, MATERNITY PANTS ON FIRE!
Instead, she had a baby boy who didn’t sleep for a year and who could suck the nipples off a cyborg.
Murphy brings her inimitable voice to a book about mothering that fills in what the other how-to guides leave out – and reminds us that when it comes to parenting, we’re all motherfumblers, feeling our way along in the dark, doing the best we can, hoping to come out with our minds intact and a kid we haven’t screwed up – too badly.

Holiday Shopping Alert: Have a mother? Know a mother? Last minute shoppers across Canada can find MotherFumbler now in stock at the following Chapters/Indigo locations:

Hey! Vicki Murphy’s MOTHERFUMBLER is #6 in Parenting Humour on Amazon. Numero 6! That’s awesome… but we can do better. I’m declaring tomorrow, Saturday Nov 16, BUY MOTHERFUMBLER on AMAZON DAY. Been planning to pick up a copy? Make tomorrow your day to shine — let’s see if we can push Vicki to Number One 🙂

I always knew I’d be the perfect mother. So far, I’ve perfected the fetal position. …

When Vicki Murphy brought her new baby home from the hospital, she expected to be greeted by fluttering butterflies and harp-strumming cherubs. You know: the way it is in diaper commercials and the “Yay, You’re Preggers!” books. LIAR, LIAR, MATERNITY PANTS ON FIRE! Instead, she had a baby boy who didn’t sleep for a year, whose cry was the official anthem of Hades, and who could suck the nipples off a cyborg. That’s just the beginning of this collection of tell-it-like-it-is rants and musings from the creator of MotherBlogger.ca and mother of the fiery-spirited (and fiery-haired) boy better known as Turbo Ginger. Murphy brings her inimitable voice to a book about mothering that fills in what the other how-to guides leave out – and reminds us that when it comes to parenting, we’re all motherfumblers, feeling our way along in the dark, doing the best we can, hoping to come out with our minds intact and a kid we haven’t screwed up – too badly.

Pleased as punch to announce this one! Breakwater is thrilled to be publishing the first book by the motherblogging shining star of compu-land. Vicki Murphy, self-described “mom, writer and hot mess from Badger’s Quay, Newfoundland”, is better known to readers as Mother Blogger. Murphy’s whip-smart, kick-ass-funny narrative about her world as working mom to a kid she’ll only identify as Turbo Ginger can be found both on her own page and over at the Huffington Post, where she’s a regular contributor. Motherfumbler, Murphy’s first book, will be published by Breakwater Books in Fall 2013.